[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 116 (Thursday, September 15, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D925-D927]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NATIONAL ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review Canada and 
Australia's experience with implementing national animal identification 
systems. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENAS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations authorized the issuance of subpoenas duces tecum to the 
Jockeys' Guild and to Matrix Capital Associates, Inc.
KATRINA/EMERGENCY HOUSING
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity held a hearing entitled ``Emergency Housing Needs in the 
Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.'' Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; COMMITTEE REPORT
  Committee on Government Reform: Ordered reported the following 
measures: H. Con. Res. 59, Recognizing the contributions of African-
American basketball teams and players for their achievements, 
dedication, and contributions to the sport of basketball and to the 
Nation; H. Con. Res. 209, Supporting the goals and ideals of 
Domestic Violence Awareness Month and expressing the sense of 
Congress that Congress should raise awareness of domestic violence 
in the United States and its devastating effects on families; H.J. 
Res. 61, Supporting the goals and ideals of Gold Star Mothers Day; 
H.R. 2062, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 57 West Street in Newville, Pennsylvania, as the 
``Randall D. Shughart Post Office Building;'' H.R. 2413, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1202 1st Street in Humble, Texas, as the ``Lillian McKay Post 
Office Building;'' H.R. 3439, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 201 North 3rd Street in 
Smithfield, North Carolina, as the ``Ava Gardner Post Office;'' H.R. 
3440, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 100 Avenida RL Rodreguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, as the 
``Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa Post Office Building;'' H.R. 3667, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 200 South Barrington Street In Los Angeles, California, as the 
``Karl Malden Station;'' H.R. 3703, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 8501 Philatelic Drive in 
Spring Hill, Florida, as the ``Staff Sergeant Michael Schafer Post 
Office Building;'' S. 1275, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 7172 North Tongass Highway, Ward 
Cove, Alaska, as the ``Alice R. Brusich Post Office Building;'' S. 
1223, Information Technology for Health Care Quality Act; a 
Committee Report entitled ``A Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom 
of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government 
Records; H.R. 3508, amended, 2005 District of Columbia Omnibus 
Authorization Act; H.R. 3128, Clarification of Federal Employment 
Protections Act; H.R. 3767, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 2600 Oak Street in St. Charles, 
Illinois, as the ``Jacob L.

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Frazier Post Office Building;'' H. Res. 429, Congratulating the West 
Oahu Little League Baseball team for winning the 2005 Little League 
Baseball World Series.
KATRINA LESSONS LEARNED
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled ``Back to the 
Drawing Board: A First Look at Lessons Learned from Katrina.'' 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the State of 
California: Constance Perett, Administrator, Office of Emergency 
Management, County of Los Angeles; and Ellis Stanley, General Manager, 
Emergency Preparedness Department, City of Los Angeles; Robert C. Bobb, 
City Administrator, District of Columbia; the following officials of 
the State of Florida: Tony Carper, Jr., Director, Emergency Management 
Agency, Broward County; and Chief Carlos Castillo, Director, Office of 
Emergency Management, Miami-Dade County; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on International Relations: Ordered reported the following 
measures: H. Con. Res. 195, amended, Commemorating the Armenian 
Genocide of 1915-1923, urging the Government of the Republic of Turkey 
to acknowledge the culpability of its predecessor state, the Ottoman 
Empire, for the Armenian Genocide and engage in rapprochement with the 
Republic of Armenia and the Armenian people, and supporting the 
accession of Turkey to the European Union if Turkey meets certain 
criteria; H. Res. 316, Affirmation of the United States Record on the 
Armenian Genocide Resolution; and H.R. 1973, amended, Water for the 
Poor Act of 2005.
  The Committee approved a motion urging the chairman to request that 
the following measures be considered on the Suspension Calendar: H.R. 
1409, amended, Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in 
Developing Countries Act of 2005; H.R. 3184, To ensure that countries 
that have signed a Small Quantities Protocol also sign, ratify, and 
implement the Additional Protocol and provide access by IAEA inspectors 
to their nuclear-related facilities and to direct the United States 
Permanent Representative to the IAEA to make every effort to rescind 
and eliminate the Small Quantities Protocol and ensure compliance by 
all Member States of the IAEA with IAEA obligations and the purposes 
and principles of the Charter of the United Nations; H.R. 3269, To 
amend the International Organizations Immunities Act to provide for the 
applicability of that Act to the Bank for International Settlements; H. 
Res. 38, amended, Expressing support for the accession of Israel to the 
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); H. Res. 
388, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
July, 2005, measures of extreme repression on the part of the Cuban 
Government against members of Cuba's prodemocracy movement, calling for 
the immediate release of all political prisoners, the legalization of 
political parties and free elections in Cuba, urging the European Union 
to reexamine its policy toward Cuba, and calling on the representative 
of the United States to the 62d session of the United Nations 
Commission on Human Rights to ensure a resolution calling upon the 
Cuban regime to end its human rights violations; H. Res. 409, 
Condemning the Government of Zimbabwe's ``Operation Murambatsvina'' 
under which homes, businesses, religious structures, and other 
buildings and facilities were demolished in an effort characterized by 
the Government of Zimbabwe as an operation to ``restore order'' to the 
country; H. Con. Res. 237, amended, Expressing the sense of Congress 
welcoming President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan to the United States on 
September 20, 2005; and H. Con. Res. 238, amended, Honoring the victims 
of the Cambodian genocide that took place from April 1975 to January 
1979.
PATENT ACT SUBSTITUTE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property held a hearing entitled ``An Amendment in the 
Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 2795, `The Patent Act of 2005'.'' 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FOREIGN NATIONALS/ESPIONAGE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security, and Claims held an oversight hearing entitled ``Sources and 
Methods of Foreign Nationals Engaged in Economic and Military 
Espionage,'' Testimony was heard from Michelle Van Cleave, National 
Counterintelligence Executive, Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence; Maynard Anderson, former Deputy Under Secretary, Security 
Policy, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
CYBERSECURITY/PROTECTING CRITICAL INDUSTRIES
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on Cybersecurity: How Can the 
Government Help Address Vulnerabilities in Critical Industries? 
Testimony was hearing from Donald Purdy, Acting Director, National 
Cyber Security Division, Department of Homeland Security; and public 
witnesses.
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT IMPROVEMENTS
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Rural Enterprise, 
Agriculture and Technology held a hearing entitled ``The Need for 
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Incentives in the Endangered Species Act.'' Testimony was heard from 
Representative Pombo; Mike Wells, Chief of Water Resources, Department 
of Natural Resources, State of Missouri; and public witnesses.
BRIEFING--INSPECTOR GENERAL'S 9/11 ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a Briefing on Inspector General's 9/11 Accountability Report. 
The Committee was briefed by departmental witnesses.
RESOLUTION--REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT FOR DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE 
DISCLOSURE OF THE IDENTITY AND EMPLOYMENT OF VALERIE PLAME
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session 
and ordered adversely reported H. Res. 418, Requesting the President to 
transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after 
the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the possession 
of the President relating to the disclosure of the identity and 
employment of Ms. Valerie Plame.